Carolyn Louise Briggs vanished from Bonham, Texas as a young mother in either 1970 or 1971; accounts place her age at 18 when she disappeared. On the evening she was last seen, she and her sister drove across the Red River to Bokchito, Oklahoma for a night out. While in Bokchito, Carolyn reportedly accepted a ride home from a man and was last seen in his company; she never returned.

At the time she vanished Carolyn was described as a Black female with a light complexion, black to brown hair, brown eyes, about 5 feet 5 to 5 feet 6 inches tall and petite, with a gap between her slightly bowed front teeth. She was reportedly wearing a short brown and yellow dress and flat black or brown shoes. Her three young children — one daughter and two sons — were left without their mother and later entered foster care.

Family members say a missing persons report was filed in Bonham at the time, but checks with Texas and Oklahoma agencies turned up no record of an early report. A formal report was filed with the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office in 2026, and the identity of the man who offered Carolyn a ride remains unknown. Does anyone who knew Carolyn or who was in Bokchito or Bonham around 1970–1971 have information about that night or the man who gave her a ride?